新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
/ E" A  q0 s6 X- l" ]        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
" e; @4 x$ y& j" l* Z4 ^, m192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
9 E3 V0 e. D: M8 ^$ k5 }193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
( H9 `; |; J. \5 C194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
0 i' _4 j0 O7 V4 M6 x- u0 U# H7 p195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
" X& q. j) S& ]3 g( m        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
( _+ |7 X8 @  X1 H" a3 b        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
; Z* _- s- \- ^% K! i        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
1 a* A( K0 _& `; K198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
8 j6 }5 a$ z$ e- O        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
) ~! }# [& o- O        最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。
201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
+ j* a, h! j/ {: Z5 K" b! _! e. z202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
# C$ J5 ~* I, i        途中，船开始下沉，
- S  \  `* Y) D8 }3 Z% Z' x2 ^7 W1 u' k203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
( A/ B: ]/ ]' D        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
3 x8 C" Q8 U: h  o6 M- D8 U        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
- m! v* G: G+ ~+ W' A6 `2 G' E207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
6 P3 }% c$ C0 W0 L( b( h        他们天天捕捉龙虾和鱼，正如其中一位所说，吃得“像国王一样好”。
; L* Z3 z; @' D  s0 [209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
3 r" U! m" i4 A( J  g: N$ r7 h        5天后，一条油轮从那儿路过，搭救了他们。这二位不得不离开那个荒岛时，还真的感

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